Telephones
Residence hall
rooms have one analog direct dial
extension per occupant. All extension numbers have a prefix of (518)
580 -XXXX. Individual telephones are not provided by the institution.
The Skidmore Shop sells a selection of telephones and accessories
Collect and/or Third Party Calls
COLLECT CALLS ARE NOT TO BE ACCEPTED AT ANY EXTENSION.
PERSON TO PERSON, THIRD PARTY AND/OR TELEGRAM
CALLS ARE NOT TO BE PLACED OR BILLED TO ANY EXTENSION.
Our system uses a billing process which links your authorization
code with the long distance call. All long distance calls made using
your authorization code are collected and processed at Telecommunications.
Collect and third party calls accepted at any extension do not have
an authorization code, therefore, when we receive bills from our
vendors we then must go through each bill, list all extensions,
and manually bill them to the students residing in those rooms.
As this is a lengthy and time consuming process, an administrative
charge of $5.00 is applied to each call.
Dialing
Instructions
Inter
campus dialing: Dail the four digit extension number.
Off
campus dialing: Dial the off campus access code 2, and
then the seven digit local number.
Calling
Card dialing: Dial the off campus access code 2, then dial
the 800 / 877 number to reach your long distance carrier, then follow
your carriers instructions.
Feature
User Guide
Three-Way
Calling:
Also referred to as
conference calling. Three-way calling allows you to connect yourself
with two other destinations. All parties then have the ability to
converse simultaneously.
To do so you:
Step 1: Dial the
first party's phone number.
Step 2: Press the
hookswitch. This places the first call on hold.
Step 3: Dial the
second party's phone number. You should then get a ringback
tone.
Step 4: Press the
hookswitch and all parties should be connected.
Call Waiting:
Call waiting
allows you to receive incoming calls while you are already on the
phone.
To answer call
waiting you:
Step 1: Press
the hookswitch then pound (#) sign. Your call will then be on
hold and you will be connected with the incoming call.
Step 2: To
reconnect with the first call, press the hookswitch.
You may
alternate between calls by pressing the hookswitch and the pound
(#) sign placing one or the other on hold
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